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Like, just because they’re morally grey, doesn’t mean that they’re just boundless entities of chaos.

“I’m just a girl” as a sarcastic way to describe gender roles: Funny. Exposes the ridiculousness of such stereotypes and expectations in a humorous way.

In season 1 Shauna appears soft and conforming. She generally goes along with what Jackie says, willingly living in her shadow and pushing down all her resentment and frustration. She can’t completely hide her bitterness and her anger but she tries to keep it from spilling to the surface by playing the part of the soft, supportive friend. Inversely, Travis adopts the mask of Shauna’s true personality to hide his kindness and vulnerability so that he can behave like a typical 90s teenage boy (presumably to fit in with other boys his age). Hes a little misogynistic, slightly mean to his little brother, hates being vulnerable and always trying to act more tough/confident than he really - usually by putting down the ppl around him. Eg, telling Nat she should fold laundry when she can’t balance the gun.

Essentially, Shauna hides her agression and meanness behind a facade of compliance while Travus covers up his softness with annoyance and rudeness.

But then in season 3 they’ve lost their masks. Shauna is mean and rude and openly agressive (more so than Travis ever was) while Travis is soft and compliant. He’s learnt that thats the only way to survive and his grief makes him tired and despondent.

Basically, pre crash they were both hiding their real personalities under the shell of what everyone else expected of them but in the wilderness their grief (and lack of outside influences) pushes them to reveal their true selves but who they really are is also currupted and accentuated to an unhealthy extreme because of everything they’ve gone through.